I downloaded Avast and now when I open the program it shows Resident Protection is scanning?
It’s normal. And good. And indicated by the blue ball in the system tray, that will appear to rotate when any incoming file is scanned for viruses.
Resident protection is avast!'s real-time protection. It’s “resident” in the sense that it’s there all the time as opposed to on demand. It consists of 7 shields- Network Shield, Web Shield, Internet Mail, etc.
[font=segoe ui]Resident Protection
[*] [font=segoe ui]Refers to software that resides in memory at all times in order to provide some form of protection. It may refer to antivirus programs or intrusion detection systems.